Arden Key is rated as the No. 10 2015 weak-side defensive end prospect in the nation by 247Sports. (Photo courtesy of 247Sports)

Atlanta-Hapeville Charter defensive end Arden Key de-committed from South Carolina last September and has found himself a popular guy among SEC recruiters this spring.

Key visited Georgia last month and stopped last weekend in Tuscaloosa, where he watched practice, saw the weight room and met with Alabama head coach Nick Saban, defensive coordinator Kirby Smart and linebackers coach Lance Thompson, according to 247Sports.

"They're up there," he said of the Crimson Tide, which is he is one of a handful of schools that contact him every day. "I wasn't expecting what I saw at Alabama. I was expecting the practices to be like that, but not all of Alabama to be the way that it is now.

"Practice is uptempo. It's almost like a game," he added. "If you watch the practice, you can see why they have 14 championships."

Alabama and Georgia both see Key as an outside linebacker, while other schools recruiting him like Auburn and South Carolina like him as a defensive end.

The Gamecocks aren't out of the running, as he plans to visit Columbia again next weekend. He's also planning future visits to Florida State and LSU. He plans to announce a top five later this spring and possibly announce a decision sometime this fall.

Key (6-5, 200), a four-star prospect rated as the the No. 10 weak-side defensive end in the nation by 247Sports, is the nephew of Alabama basketball player Algie Key.